Lederer has long been one of America's most popular experts on language and grammar, but here he seems to be taking his cue from Lynn Truss in focusing on the ins and outs of commas, semi-colons and ...

She didn’t mean it. It was an innocent mistake. Lilly wrote “Let’s Eat Grandma,” then became upset after realizing what it meant. “I don’t want to eat my abuela!” A simple change clarified her ...

People who care about grammar love the serial comma, aka the Oxford or Harvard comma. They love it because they were instructed to use it in school, and they love it because it supposedly reduces ...

Grammar lovers today were saddened, shocked, and mightily displeased at the news that the P.R. department of the University of Oxford has decided to drop the comma for which it is so justly famed. As ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. She didn’t mean it. It was an innocent mistake. Lilly wrote “Let’s Eat Grandma,” then ...